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greenmedic88 said:

eva01beserk said:

is that why every time I see a how to make a console rival pc guide, it never comes close to a ps4 in price? Unless they use second hand parts, and its still a litle more expensive, but then again I could buy a second hand ps4 and we are back to the same deal.

The real question I have is why anyone in their right mind who actually cares about PC gaming would want to build a gaming PC that comes close to the PS4 in price? 

Even at $400, it was an exercise in building a bare bones rig. At $350, it's scraping the bottom of the barrel and usually results in the "if you reuse parts, buy dated or used parts, etc." argument which is really not the point at all when it comes to doing PC builds. So, buy a used PS4 for $200-250. Get a free old gaming PC from someone and buy a new video card for $200. Steal a PS4 off the back of a truck. It gets ridiculous at this point. 

We weren't even talking about price. Just performance optimization. Most gaming PC's come in between the PS4's pricepoint and that of an ethusiast system. They have an overclockable i5, better memory solutions, a GPU that can do 1080p 60fps for most things the PS4 struggles to do 30fps, and a view customizability options. Usually the PC costs something like $600-800 depending on how much time is spent looking for deals. Nevertheless, the discussion was about console optimization with respect to theoretical performance, not buyer value.